I don't like negative reviews. Most of the time the person writing the review has only dined at the restaurant once and had a bad experience. Odds are that the restaurant is normally good, but the reviewer had an isolated negative experience. It happens to the best and worst restaurants alike. However...\r
I've eaten at De Marini's several times hoping that with every new attempt, it would get better. It hasn't. First of all, I would be embarrassed to bring an Italian friend here. The pizza and pasta sauce was basically canned tomato paste. It was truthfully disgusting. The prices for the nasty food were terrible. And the wait staff and management are not appriciative of your business at all. The one redeeming thing is their halfbaked cookie and ice cream dessert. If you ate dinner somewhere else and wanted a good dessert, it would not be the worst thing to pop into De Marini's for it. Just know that they take 10+ minutes to make. (not a huge deal) And the worst thing about De Marinis: no free refills on soda! I recently made a decision to never bring return business to a restaurant which doesn't give free refills on sodas. I think it is a testament to the kind of business they are running... cheap.
Pros: half baked cookie and ice cream dessert
Cons: everything else
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